Children's Restoration Network

To offer hope and support, enabling children and their mothers break the cycle of homelessness by empowering them to become part of mainstream society as active productive citizens through programs and special events designed to address their spiritual, emotional, and physical needs.

Description:
CRN partners with over 120 group homes and homeless shelters throughout 19 counties of metro Atlanta, supplementing their resources and providing fun and educational opportunities for the children residing there. These shelters and group homes house over 1,900 children each night and over 3,400 each year.

History:
Children’s Restoration Network (CRN) was founded in 1993 by Jim Cox (President) and Cliff Kinsey (CEO). They recognized a growing problem facing metro Atlanta: lack of needed services for the ever increasing number of children, and women with children, who were becoming homeless. For years public awareness was focused on the poorly-dressed man on the corner who would work for food. With increased relocations away from hometowns, and the breaking down of traditional families, children, and women with children, have become the fastest growing segment of the homeless population, and few agencies addressed their needs. With this in mind CRN began working in 1993 with one Atlanta shelter that housed women and children. Each year we have added to the number of children and mothers we serve. Today CRN works with 120 shelters and group homes in 18 counties around metro Atlanta, housing over 1,900 children each night and over 3,400 children each year. Beginning with simple tasks such as preparing home-cooked meals on Sundays, painting and brightening dreary community shelters, and providing warm winter clothing to mothers and children in need, CRN has developed a wide array of programs and special events designed to alleviate the trauma and despair of being homeless. From the beginning CRN has recognized the value of its cherished volunteers. Growing from a few dedicated people in 1993, to over 5,300 people who volunteered in 2006, CRN recognizes that without this “life-blood” we could not hope to successfully fulfill our mission. In this report you will find descriptions of special events each spring and summer which bring almost 1,000 homeless children together to celebrate and enjoy each other’s company. We will highlight the programs and special events that CRN has developed that make life just a little easier for the children and mothers we work with. These programs help them to, “Keep hope alive!” Since the beginning CRN has worked hard to ensure that a great percentage of donations go directly to the children and mothers we serve. In 2006 almost 90% of donations to CRN went directly into programs. In its 14 year history CRN has now touched the lives of over 30,000 homeless children and 9,500 adult women. CRN endeavors to provide ever increasing, and more effective programs that positively affect the lives of some of metro Atlanta’s neediest children and mothers..

Contact people:

Jim Cox, President, (phone), (email)
Kate Bachman, Project Development, (phone), (email)
Ben Minor, Mentor Coordinator, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (770) 649-7974

Address:

11285 Elkins Road Ste E-1 Main Office Only, Other Locations Available
Roswell, GA 30076
(See a map)

Web Site: http://www.childrn.org

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UWMA Impact Area Alignment:

Homelessness

Last updated on August 4, 2009

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